nobble

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It's hard to see this as anything other than trying to "nobble" opponents by confusing voters into thinking that there's a need to vote tactically in this proportional representation election.

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  1. transitive verb Chiefly British To disable (a racehorse), especially by drugging.
  2. transitive verb Chiefly British To win (a person) over.
  3. transitive verb Chiefly British To outdo or get the better of by devious means.
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  • I was responding about the fact someone was saying MC could basically nobble the judge if he had info on him - this is why I say people are giving him too much credence. —  All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
  • "The great thing about being PM is that I can get the Whips to nobble the legislation preventing strange me entering children's play parks unaccompanied .." [evil cackle ..] —  British Blogs
  • Norton aims to nobble Ant and Dec in Saturday ratings —  mirror.co.uk - Home
  • It'll be them the Conference board nobble to try and keep them in the Conference for financials reasons ...
  • What would it take to nobble Brian and have him give the impression the FF is in the pocket of the banker? —  From Bath to Cork with Baby Grace
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Freq. of nob. In sense 2 perhaps for *nabble, freq. of nab.
 

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